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My site is stuck with the site undergoing maintenance-error. The usually fixes have not worked (no .maintenance file to delete, plugins all check out)
It seems that it is a problem with the theme but the developer says that it all checks out.
I've tried several installs of wordpress and the theme, many hours with host also.
WordPress creates a .maintenance file during the update process which indicates that your site is in the maintenance mode. Unless this file is removed your site will remain in the maintenance mode and your users will continue to see the notification.
Once you have updated WordPress, all you have to do is delete .maintenance file from your site’s root folder using FTP.
If you can not see .maintenance file in your site’s root directory, then make sure you checked your FTP client to show hidden files. In Filezilla, you can force it to show hidden files by clicking on Server » Force showing hidden files from the menu bar.
Try manually creating and then deleting the .maintenance file (this has worked for me once):
echo "something" > .maintenance
rm .maintenance
run the wp-activate.php script, worked for me.
.maintenancefile? And not one that is just hidden from view?.and therefore the file gets treated as "no name, extension only") on the command line/terminal, you can usels -laGto show them as well. Also make sure to test with a different theme to see if the theme is the root of this problem.